Stop and Search Statistics 2016/17 - 2023/24

Stop and Search is an operational tool used to prevent, detect and investigate crime as well as to bring offenders to justice. Police officers have a legal power to stop and search members of the public in certain circumstances, from dealing with incidents of anti-social behaviour through to countering terrorism. PSNI Statistics Branch collate and report statistics on the number of persons stopped, searched, questioned and arrested under the main legislative powers.

停止与搜查是一项用于预防、侦查犯罪以及将犯罪分子绳之以法的操作性工具。在特定情况下，警察官员依法拥有权力对公众成员进行停止与搜查，从处理反社会行为事件直至对抗恐怖主义。北爱尔兰警察局统计局负责搜集并报告在主要立法权力下被停止、搜查、询问和逮捕的人数统计数据。